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Tuesday, August 7, 1956
Country Lucky To Avoid Disaster, Democratic Platform Dratfers Told
Democratic Convention Head-1
quarters. Chicago U.R) For
mer Assistant Secretary of State
William Benton charged today
that "the country has been
; lucky to avoid disaster" under
the foreign policy of the Eisen
hower administration.
He told Democratic platform
drafters that "It's high tirne to
return our foreign policy to com
petent and experienced hands"
of a Democratic administration.
Benton, who also served at
one time as a Democratic U.S.
senator from 'Connecticut, was
the leadoff witness as the Demo
cratic National Convention Plat
form committee began gathering
ammunition for an all out elec
tion campaign attack on the Eis
enhower administration's for
eign policy.
In a statement prepared for
delivery before the committee
he said that "the Republicans
inherited a good foreign policy
blueprint." As long as the Re
publicans "stuck to the blue
print, they fared reasonably
well," he said.
"When they struck out on
their own, trying to adjust t
fresh developments, the result
to quote one Republican with
long experience in foreign at
fairs, was a three-stage cycle.
'Bluff, boast and back down,' ''
he said.
"We have fewer friends to
day and colder allies. The neu
trals are skeptical of us, even
to the point of contempt, out
enemies are more confident
even to the point of arrogance."
The GOP administration, hf
charged, also "has failed to
counter Communism's appeal to
the uncommitted and undevel
oped nations."
President Eisenhower's for
eign policy aides also have
"failed to rethink foreign aid or
to project programs that would
win the enthusiasm or allegi
ance of the world," he said.
By placing exaggerated Im
portance on military pacts, Ben-
Portland Officer's
Request Refused
Portland (U.PJ The Portland
policeman whose allegations of
payoff money to city policemen
was a key factor in the indict
ment of eight of his fellow offi
cers by the Multnomah grand
jury last week, has attempted
to resign from the force.
Jack Forest Olsen said he
turned in his resignation last
Saturday. It was refused, he j
said. ' 1
Olsen said Capt. David H ;
Johnson told him "it wouldn't
be fair to myself or the force if
I quit at this time and asked me ;
to think it over for a couple of '
days." i
The policeman said he had de
cided "to stick it out."
The 25-year-old officer said
he decided to resign after The
Oregonian printed a story of
his reporting that some of his
fellow officers were guilty of ac
cepting payoffs.
"Some of the men refused to
work with me. They said they ,
couldn't trust me. I decided to
resign rather than endanger the
jobs and reputations of those
men who would still work with
me," Olsen said. "I didn't want i
to pull them into this." 1
ton said, the Republicans "have
got us into the fantastic posi
tion of having to convince the
world that we are for peace."
Matter of Survival
He urged the platform draft
ers to "hammer away at these
paramount issues . . . most sig
nificant to our survival and to
the welfare ofour children and
our children's children."
The Platform committee
scheduled 39 witnesses for the
foreign policy plank. Many
were armed with statements
highly critical of President Eis-enhower-and
Secretary of State
John Foster Dulles.
But the party's big gun in the
foreign policy assault, former
President Truman, will not tes
tify until Thursday.
Democratic leaders expect the
Platform committee to come up
with a blistering charge that dip
lomatic fumbling by the Repub
lican administration has 'dan
gerously weakened the U.S. po
sition in world affairs.
Armed with such a plank, they
plan to make foreign policy a
major issue in the presidential
and congressional election cam
paigns this fall.
The committee heard about
six hours of testimony Monday
on another major campaign is
sue, the farm program, in the
first day of a week's hearing.
Former Secretary of Agricul
ture Claude R. Wickard out
lined a proposed plank calling
for 100 per cent of parity prices
for farm crops. Speaking as the
chairman of a Democratic farm
advisory committee, the Demo
cratic nominee for U.S. Senate
from Indiana urged full parity
through 90 per cent support
loans, plus direct purchases,
subsidy payments, a food stamp
plan and similar measures.
The proposed farm plank also
called for an international food
bank and strategic stockpiles of
surplus food for use in event of
an atomic attack.
But the committee's biggest
problem agreement on a com
promise .civil rights plank still
was unsolved.
Adlai E. Stevenson, front can
didate for the Democratic presi
dential nomination, and his lead
ing challenger, Gov. Averell
Harriman of New York, were
represented as favoring a strong
er civil rights plank than was
adopted in 1952.
Southerners Draw Lin
So far, southerners have
drawn the line -at going any
further than in 1952.
Democratic National Chair
man Paul M. Butler sided to a
degree with the southerners
when he declared against direct
endorsement of the. Supreme
court decision, outlawing segre
gation in public schools.
Rep. John W. McCormack (D.
Mass.) chairman of the Policy
committee and ranking Demo
crat on the Senate Foreign Re
lations committee, 'told a report
er that the administration has
lessened U.S. prestige in Asia
and the Middle East by backing
Britain and France in their con
troversies with colonial peoples.
Rep. Thomas J. Dodd (D.
Conn.) proposed that the Demo
cratic platform call for creation
of an international juridicial
commission "to document the
crimes against humanity com
mitted by the international Com
munist conspiracy."
, SOGGY TRIP HOMX
Fimt, Mich. CUM Cordon
Yelland, 23, was in such a hurry
to get home, he drove his car
through 300 feet of newly laid
concrete on a county road. Yel
land will be sentenced today
for the $3,000 worth of damage
to the road.
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: Chinese Outposts
In Burma Confirmed
Rangoon. Burma U.P.) Pre
mier Ba Swe confirmed toda
; that some 500 troops from Red
China have established outposts
J in Northern Burma, but added
I that the situation is "not so seri
t ous" as had been reported.
J Swe told a press conference
r that Burma has opened diplo
" matic negotiations over the pres
Z ence of the troops, whom he said
"we regard as friends."
; "The govermenV is keeping a
5 strict watch on the situation and
I taking the necessary steps in the
interest of the country," Swe
; said.
; The premier indicated that
I Red troops have been prowling
J the disputed border for about a
year. He mentioned a "clash"
; last year, but added that "no oc
; casion has arisen to resort to
1 armed action."
" He said last year's clash es-
tablished "the identity of Red
Chinese personnel among those
who had violated the border."
He gave no details.
Land Acquisition at
Woodburn Approved
' Portland (U.R' Rep. Walter
Norblad said here today that
an appropriation of S2.400.000
for the acquisition of land for
the new multi-million dollar Air
Force-Navy air base in the
Woodburn area has been ap-
, proved. Norblai said Army en
flinpr would now begin con
demnation proceedings to clear
the area.
Norblad said the asauisition
of land for the $60,000,000 base
would take about a year. Dur
ing that time plans for the base
will be drawn. . .
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